Attitudes toward domestic violence

ATTITUDES TOWARD DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

• Refers to domestic violence against women and children

• Refers to type of violence (psychological, physical, sexual), by perpetrator (husband/partner, parents, other persons), by time of occurrence (ever, last years, last 6 months)

• Not a lot of systematic knowledge but enough information to know about its undesirability

• Explicitly included in CEDAW and lately more actively discussed and considered as part of the MDGs and the WFfC documents.

• It is not possible for example to reach the MDGs as long as women’s and children’s are abused

Goals and Indicators

• Different definitions, measurements and reporting indicators

• MICS3 to measure attitudes only• Proportion of women 15-49 indicating the

conditions under which her husband/partner is justified in hitting or beating her

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ATTITUDES TOWARD DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DV1. SOMETIMES A HUSBAND IS ANNOYED

OR ANGERED BY THINGS WHICH HIS

WIFE DOES. IN YOUR OPINION, IS A HUSBAND JUSTIFIED IN HITTING OR BEATING HIS WIFE IN THE FOLLOWING

SITUATIONS: DV1A. IF SHE GOES OUT WITH OUT

TELLING HIM? DV1B. IF SHE NEGLECTS THE CHILDREN? DV1C. IF SHE ARGUES WITH HIM? DV1D. IF SHE REFUSES SEX WITH HIM? DV1E. IF SHE BURNS THE FOOD?

Yes No DK Goes out without telling .... 1 2 8 Neglects children ............... 1 2 8 Argues ................................. 1 2 8 Refuses sex........................ 1 2 8 Burns food........................... 1 2 8

Methodological issues

• Measurement of practices of violence against women, although, possible, raised serious ethical and methodological issues

• Possible via long modules that ultimately compete with other modules of equal importance

• The attitudinal indicator has been found to be highly associated with the prevalence of domestic violence

• It can be used then as proxy for violence and to advocate for the need to change, at the societal level, attitudes that perpetuate its existence